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JAPS SAY THEY GIVE UP— BUT NOTE FAILS TO ARRIVE

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By LYLE C. WILSON

| sage accepting Potsdam declaration forthcoming soon.” Only the Japanese knew what they meant by “soon.” White House Press - Secretary Charles G. Ross, an‘nounced at 8:52 a. m. that the Japanese surrender note was would have to keep on waiting for an official announcement. ! expected here “some time today.” A long note from Japan to Switzerland turned out not | About 215 hours: later he had to make another anto be- the long-anticipated- official message announcing the nouncement. ° enemy's unconditional surrender. bs The Tokyo radio, however, broadcast that the Japanese | had decided to accept the allied terms. And later it said that the Japanese reply to allied sur-| render terms “is now on its way to the*Japanese minister | at Bern,” Switzerland, for transmission to Washington. |

‘Does Not Contain the Answer’ It was that the note transmitted from Tokyo to Bern ‘did not ‘“‘contain the answer awaited hy the whole world.” The Swiss did not say what the note did contain. | There was a possibility that it might be a long-winded JapWild Victory Celebrations’ anese protest against U. S. use of the atomic bomb. This later broadcast was monitored at 11:01 p. m. (In- Ross in his first press conference of the day fold more dianapolis time), about an hour after the Swiss legation here | than 100 newsmen that the Japanese reply to the surrender learned that the note already in Bern was not the surrender|ultimatum had been received by the Swiss in Bern. |

reply. He added that “it looks as if our long vigil is coming| The earlier Japanese broadcasts that the imperial gov- | |to an end soon—that is, some time today.” ernment had decided to accept the Potsdam ultimatum | He said the allied Big’ Four were in consultation on|

| been presented for transmission by Switzerland,

| time) from its government the following

uspense, Keeps On Waiting for Surrender

“Watch this expert dive, buddy,” said an early morning bather to a Times photographer.

|simultaneous release of the Japanese note after its receipt to western ears, reported. that “on Aug. 14 the imperial

here. | decision was granted.” But the Swiss foreign office in Bern and the Swiss lega-] In the light of the earlier broadcast, it was assmed ‘tion here subsequently denjed that the Japanese reply had this meant the decision to surrender had been made. The Japanese radio went on to say that throngs of In his second press conference, Ross disclosed that the | Japanese gathered before the emperor's palace wept with Swiss legation here had received at 9:59 a. m: (Indianapolis bowed heads in shame because “our efforts were not enough.”

hope-dashing| When the surrender message is received at Bern, it will mesage: have to be decoded for delivery to the Swiss. “Very urgent—T760—Japanese legation reports that| State department officials said the normal procedure coded cables it received this morning do not (repeat not) con- for the Swiss, after receiving a note from the Japanese, tain the answer awaited by the whole world.” ; ‘would be to prepare two copies. The Swiss legation shortly after noon Ser ik mes- | One, the official one, would be transmitted to the Swiss sage to the state department, and Ross made it/public | legation here for delivery to Secretary of State James F, Words Strange to Western Ears | Byrnes, who would take it to President Truman. This development meant that Japanese broadcasts—| The other would be handed to U. S. Minister Leland and the logic of military events—were the only basis for| Harrison in Bern, and Harrison, presumably, would telephone believing that Japan at last is ready to bow to the inevitable|a summary of its contents to Washington at once. and surrender, | Byrnes, meanwhile, called twice on the President, the One of the enemy broadcasts, in ‘words sounding strange first time at 8:15 a. m. (Washington time) and again at

kicked off wild victory celebrations in many parts of the] world. They had not, however, stopped cascades of bombs on! the enemy homeland from U. S. airplanes and smashing ground drives by Red army forces in Manchuria. The long note, the arrival of which in Bern was reported in the night, fooled even the White House. It announced, | ind everybody believed, that it was the Japanese reply to! allied surrender terms. Still Believed Surrender Near

There was no indication when the surrender note men- | tioned in the 11:01 p. m. Tokyo broadcast finally would ar-| ive here. The Swiss foreign office said in Bern that it had 20t been received there up to 11:15 p. m. : Despite the confusion, there was no falling off of conidence here that the Japanese, however reluctantly, were eady to sutrender, While they stall, the war goes on. Japanese Listeners Alerted . The. Japanese radio alerted Japanese listeners for a roadcast of “unprecedented importance” at 10 p. m. (Indiinapolis time) today. That may be the first official enemy announcement that he emperor has accepted unconditional surrender. Hours earlier, at 12:49 a. m. (Indianapolis time) the ‘apanese Domei news agency had interrupted a discussion if chilblain cures to broadcast: “Flash—Flash—Tokyo—14-8—learned

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Paced by Bass Drum, Early Victory Revelers Make Whoopee |

OE {11:14 a. m. Take Nothing for Granted * While the Japanese broadcasts indicated that the enemy had agreed to complete surrender, officials here were take ing nothing for granted. American monitors heard Japanese radio stations calle ing all Japanese ships at sea, and it was recalled that such calls went out before Germany surrendered finally last May 7, A Swiss broadcast said that Japan has accepted the allied surrender terms. It declared that the Japanese ine formation office this morning reported acceptance of the capitulation formula of the allies. In London Prime Minister Clement Attlee met with his new Socalist cabinet at No. 10 Downing Street. The Soviet Union greeted news of Japan's evident cole lapse with orders to Red troops to smash on into Manchuria, United Press monitors in San Francisco heard this exhortas tion from Khabarovsk radio to the rampaging Reds: ~ “Soviet men—forge ahead to victory. Triple your ef« |forts. Relentlessly smash ahead. Break the treacherous lenemy. Give him not a minute's respite.” Report Speech by Emperor It appears that Hirohito made a speech today or had one read in his name to Japanese gathered before the bridge {leading to the parade grounds outside the imperial palace, | Federal communications. commission monitors in San Francisco caught a Domei agency message directed to occu

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